Limestone United Way receives $100,000 grant for last year's tornado recovery

View full sizeA Tanner home destroyed in the tornadoes of April 27, 2011. (The Huntsville Times/File photo)

ATHENS, Alabama - The Athens-Limestone United Way may use a $100,000 grant to help rebuild the home of a victim of last year's tornadoes and also plans to build a memorial to tornado victims dating back to 1900, The Athens News Courier reported.

The agency received a $100,000 grant from the Alabama Tornado Relief Fund, the newspaper reported. Part of the money may used to build a Habitat for Humanity home for a family that lost its home in the April 27 tornadoes, and the remaining money will be used for other recovery efforts, the paper reported.

Agency officials at a Tuesday meeting also said they plan to build the tornado victim memorial at the Bethel Church of Christ Cemetery. The church in East Limestone was destroyed in last year's tornadoes.